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DicePost Carbon Peter Whybrow's research was referenced in this article about problem gambling and links to the financial crisis.

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He makes an interesting turn at the end and points to the work of neuroscientist Peter Whybrow, who argues that our problems are the result of our inability to deal with abundance. The human brain evolved to deal with scarcity — grab all you can now!

Here’s Lewis: “The succession of financial bubbles, and the amassing of personal and public debt … the fantastic rise in rates of obesity across the United States since 1985 … the boom in trading activity in individual stock portfolios; the spread of legalized gambling; the rise of drug and alcohol addiction — it is all of a piece. Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for short-term rewards.”

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